Best of Photojournalism 2008: Video News Photography: Winners

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Web Sports Feature Finalists

“6 Man Football: A Texas Tradition”: Rick Gershon, Getty Images
“Downtown Tennis”: Troy Hale, KMSP & Press Pass TV
“Fast Friends”: Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press
“Rock Star”: John Poole, npr.org
“Tiger Opening Day”: Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press

Winners

1st: “6 Man Football: A Texas Tradition”; Rick Gershon, Getty Images
2nd: “Downtown Tennis”; Troy Hale, KMSP & Press Pass TV
3rd: “Tiger Opening Day”; Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press

Judges’ Comments

Tim Griffis

The winner was clear. “6 Man Football: A Texas Tradition” had great shot variety, a decent story, and was well edited. “Downtown Tennis” was a fresh approach to what would have been a boring story. “Tigers Opening Day” was done very well.

Bob Gould

“6 Man Football” was a shorter version of the story we saw earlier in in-depth, and it was the best sports feature we saw. Great characters, emotion, and storytelling, along with excellent shooting and editing helped this story win first place.

2nd place was a nicely shot and edited story about a tennis court placed smack dab in the middle of downtown Minneapolis. The photographer captured the essence of the event and made us feel a part of the action.

3rd place was a nice feature on opening day with the Detroit Tigers. While we have seen these stories before, we felt it wasn’t the best version of it and therefore it could’ve placed higher if it showed us a little more. We did like the fact that it followed the game until the end with fan reaction afterwards. I really liked the blues-singing guitar player.

Jeff Roberts

A lot of different styles in this category with a refreshing look at stories we have seen before. In "6 Man Football: A Texas Tradition" a shorter version of a story that we saw earlier that became much better with editing won this category. A very strong story following six man Texas football teams to the championship.

"Downtown Tennis" a story which felt like it could be on the nightly news took second.

Preston Rudie

“Six Man Football” was a walk away winner in this category. The open, with the National Anthem, felt like the wonderful start to a movie. I enjoyed again the mix of still photographs along with video. I would like to see the mic cord hidden in all interviews… a minor distraction… but if we are aiming for greatness this needs to be avoided. The double box also works for me and sparks lots of ideas for me. It’s not a new idea, but one that could be used more when covering local sports rivalries. Overall, nice job!

Nellie Stinson

I really enjoyed the winner’s opening sequence in this category. To me it felt like the beginning of a movie trailer. It, like so many other entries on the web, used both still photographs and moving images to tell the story. The photographer was all over the football game and it felt as if it was a team shoot.

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